The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-02-18
DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
THE COUNCIL.

In the council numerously signed petitions
Tor a prohibitnry liquor law were presented
and referred.
Bills introduced: BY Wells, for the protection
OF large game and quail. BY WeiseF, a n emoriai
to congress for the appointment of q COMMITTEES
to select school lands. BY Hughes, amending
paragraph l Of section 800 of the Civil Code. 1t
proposes to strike out the word court" and in
sert the word clerk" In said paragraph. By
Hughes, to amend sections 271 and 277, CIvil
Code, to enlarge the powers of referees for de-
c1sions on questions Of law or fact. By Collins,
tor the creation Of a board OF railroad aud ware
house commissioners, and for the regulation OF
common carriers. This bill differs from his for
mer railroad and warehouse bill mainly in pro-
to be appointed under the interstate COM
merce act. The bill is also changed in minor
respects to conform to that act.
The council bill to exempt the proceeds of
life insurance from attachment for debts OF
the deceased, or of the beneficiary, il con-
tracted prior to the deccase of the insured,
was read the third time. The iudtci-
airy committee recommended that it
do not pass, and a motion to
indefinitely postpone was carried.
Hughes bill to regulate grain warehouses
and the inspection, weighing and handling of
grain, and defining the duties of railroad and
warehouse commission came up for It's third
reading with the amendments reported Sat
uEday by the committee on warehouses and
grain grading. Some discussion followed on
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became manifest that the bill will be sharply
criticised and contested. Finally further
consideration was postponed n the bill
made the special order for Thursday at 3
p. m. Only one bill was passed, that being
the council bill to legalize certain acts OF
the board of education OF Huron. The u
Gil bill providing how tickets shall be pre-
pared for elections was amended by striking
out the words ION plain white printing
paper" and, after discussion, recommittcd to
the committee on elections.
HOUSE.
o In the house Moore presented a petition in
favor of woman suffrage. Fletcher, in pre-
senUing a large number of petitions from hiR
constituents in relation to the liquor traffic,
said the signers were citizens whom this leg
islature could not afford to ignore. Petitions
of a Xix character were presented by Messrs
Ward and Mallory.
Bills Introduced by the Judiciary Commit
tee-To amend section 2, chapter 81, Of the Cen
eral Laws of 1881. By Dodds, to amend the act
defining the boundaries of Nelson. county:
amending the act Incorporating the territorial
department of agriculture. By Shook, to pro-
vide for additional compensation for district
attorneys in judicial subdivisions of two or
more counties. By Adams, relating to the burn
ing or distiguring of bodies in railway accidents,
BY Elliott, to regulate che duties Of railway cor
porations. BY Burnham, REGULATING aIl powers
OF arrest IN civil actions. BY Jones, general act
Tor the incorporation Of towns and cities. By
Ward. accompanied by a memoriaD to prohibit
the manufacture and sale Of intoxicating liq-
uors.
The joint resolution was passed providing
for a joint committee to visit insane ard
penal institutions. The bill of Williams of
Burleigh to appropriate $l5O,00 for the
purchase of seed wheat was referred to a
special committee of nine, with Williams as
chairman. House bills passed as follows:
Authorizing the division of counties and for
other purposes; relating to funding the tndebt-
edness Of Nelson county; in relation to the rem
dftion of f~Hg1tives from justice; increasing the
powers of county commissioners.
In the house to-day Delegate Clifford intro
duced a bill granting a pension to the widow
Of Thomas S. Free, late a major in the Tenth
regiment, Iowa volunteers. Mai. Free was
at the time of his death, some weeks ago,
adjutant general of the Dakota militia. His
widow lives at YankGon. Mr.. Clifford also In
PRODUCED a bill granting an increase of PEN
sion to James NJ Brown, late captain in the
Twelfth New Jersey infantry. Brown Is now
q resident of Dakota.
TIL COUNCIL
Several petitions were received and re
ferred asking for prohibition and woman
suffrage. The house substitute resolution
for the appointment OF a commttsae to visit
the insane asylumns at JameEtown and
Yankton was read, and resulted IN consider
able discussion about the YankJon asylum.
Mr.. Smith insisted that it was o mere matter
Of Justice that the Yankton asylum should be
be visited as proposed. Mr.. Bogertdid not think
the work of the council should be crippled
by having any member absent. He believed
In acting on the affairs of these institutions
on the Judgment of the member of this
council Mr.. Smith sent TO the clerks desk
and had read a letter which states that the
writer was employed at Yankton asylum as
ward attendant for fifteen months, and was
the only experienced male attendant He
says:
The institution Is in bad shape. 1t has run q
year without skillfal physicians. Patients re-
fusinR TO work are ordered to the violent ward
The bodies Of deceased patients are not properly
cared for. There are at least twelve patients
who ought not to be there, who are kept there
because the managers want It to appear that the
Institution is oEowded. The officials are indtf-
ferent to everything but their salaries. The
cooking and laundry work are poorly done.
MIR. Hughes said he had received q ~siLatlar
letter, and he presumed from the same per-
son. The letter on It's face, he said, showed
malice. After further debate the motion to
~nonconcur prevailed.
Bills Introduced-By Nj. McCumber, to pro-
vide for the registration of voters: creating the
independent school township Of Brightwood in
Richland county. By Hughes, legaliztnR as
sessment rolls; 70 divide the sixth subdivision
Of the Sixth judicial district. By Lawier. ore
ating and defining the subdivision OF the Second
judicial district. By Campbell, to reimburse
GeSrEe LILLE Lih1lsg lot money 81 Sha advanced 70 20 complete
Ing section 2. chapter %, Political Code, re.
se.geing from taxation mechanics and farmers
implements to the extent OF 3
HOUSE,.
The house then went into committee of the
whole, Dodds In the chair, and took up the
bill to establish O soldiers home at Hot
Springs in Fall River county. The bill calls
for an appropriation of $4,000 Croz
moved to strike out $4,000 and substitute
$4,000. He said:
The fact should not be lost sight OF that the
people of the territory were poor. They had IN
many sections lost their crops and would need
help. Something must be done for them. He
thought the proposed institution could get